Have a snort: A baby elephant cools his schnozzle at the Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, England. The zoo shipped in the snow to cool off the animals during the recent heat wave.

Have a snort: A baby elephant cools his schnozzle at the Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, England. The zoo shipped in the snow to cool off the animals during the recent heat wave.

Photo: Andrew Cowie, AFP/Getty Images

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Anemone weapon: An anemone sits on top of a musket lying across other muskets at the site of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico about 170 miles from Galveston, Texas. The weapons were aboard a two-masted ship that sunk 200 years ago. less

Anemone weapon: An anemone sits on top of a musket lying across other muskets at the site of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico about 170 miles from Galveston, Texas. The weapons were aboard a two-masted ship ... more

Photo: Associated Press

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Catch of the day: Russian President Vladimir Putin proudly shows off a huge pike he caught in Russia's Tyva region
during his vacation. He refused to release the pike despite offers of asylum from
Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. less

Catch of the day: Russian President Vladimir Putin proudly shows off a huge pike he caught in Russia's Tyva region during his vacation. He refused to release the pike despite offers of asylum from ... more

Time to leave the nest: In Newberry, Fla., a Redheaded Woodpecker feeds one of its
young, which frankly is big enough to feed itself and get its own tree apartment
instead of mooching off its parents.

Time to leave the nest: In Newberry, Fla., a Redheaded Woodpecker feeds one of its young, which frankly is big enough to feed itself and get its own tree apartment instead of mooching off its parents.

Photo: Phil Sandlin, Associated Press

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Attendance is mandatory: Two schoolchildren bow before the portraits of
late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
mausoleum in Pyongyang. North Korea is having a big party to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with a series of performances, festivals and cultural events, culminating with a large military parade. less

Attendance is mandatory: Two schoolchildren bow before the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang. North Korea is ... more

Desert fox: A model performs in a traditional Mongolian costume in the Xiangshawan Desert, also called the Sounding Sand Desert, in Ordos, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xiangshawan is a tourist resort known for its noisy sands, which make the sound of automotive engines as they slide down a 330-foot hill, a natural phenomenon that has yet to be explained. less

Desert fox: A model performs in a traditional Mongolian costume in the Xiangshawan Desert, also called the Sounding Sand Desert, in Ordos, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xiangshawan is a tourist ... more

Was the other man George Zimmerman? When Tennessee Titans rookie linebacker Jonathan Willard saw the SUV ahead of him smoking and shooting flames on Interstate 40 near Oak
Ridge, Tenn., he waved the driver to pull over. After she and Willard stopped, Willard rushed out and pulled an infant and another child out of the SUV. A second man rescued a third child and the family's dog. Willard said a couple of minutes later the SUV exploded into flames. less

Was the other man George Zimmerman? When Tennessee Titans rookie linebacker Jonathan Willard saw the SUV ahead of him smoking and shooting flames on Interstate 40 near Oak Ridge, Tenn., he waved the driver ... more

Photo: Jonathan Willard, Associated Press

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One look at this Savannah's ears tell you the stranger's friendly neck rub is not welcomed at a pet show in Taipei.

One look at this Savannah's ears tell you the stranger's friendly neck rub is not welcomed at a pet show in Taipei.

Photo: Sam Yeh, AFP/Getty Images

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Remember the old days, when you could view a rainbow without being compelled to take a
cellphone picture of it? (Juneau, Alaska.)

Remember the old days, when you could view a rainbow without being compelled to take a cellphone picture of it? (Juneau, Alaska.)

Photo: Michael Penn, Associated Press

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Remember when strollers were strictly for humans? No need to walk the dog when they can ride in comfort at a pet show in Taipei.

Remember when strollers were strictly for humans? No need to walk the dog when they can ride in comfort at a pet show in Taipei.

Photo: Sam Yeh, AFP/Getty Images

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World War II without pants: Dancers re-enact the Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" in their underwear during the climax of choreographer Mark Dendy's "Ritual Cyclical" at Lincoln Center in New York. As the show was free, the audience didn't have to demand their money back. less

World War II without pants: Dancers re-enact the Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" in their underwear during the climax of choreographer Mark Dendy's "Ritual Cyclical" at Lincoln ... more

Photo: John Moore, Getty Images

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Eat the beetles: A young Muscovy duck chirps as it hunts for bugs in a drainage ditch in Cooper City,
Fla.

Eat the beetles: A young Muscovy duck chirps as it hunts for bugs in a drainage ditch in Cooper City, Fla.

Photo: J Pat Carter, Associated Press

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Parking lot paisano: Ignacio Itchua paints lines on a parking lot in front of a giant mural in Eugene, Ore.

Parking lot paisano: Ignacio Itchua paints lines on a parking lot in front of a giant mural in Eugene, Ore.